On July 25, 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport en route to New York City, resulting in the deaths of all 109 people on board and four individuals on the ground. The accident occurred when the aircraft ran over a metal strip that had fallen onto the runway from a preceding aircraft, causing a tire to burst. Debris from the tire punctured a fuel tank, igniting a fire that led to engine failure and th

On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde passenger jet on an international charter flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history Whilst taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport, Air France Flight 4590 ran over debris on the runway dropped by an aircraft during the preceding departure, causing a tyre to explode and disintegrate. Tyre fr

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The Boeing 747-400 made its first flight on April 29, 1988. 🥳✈️ Key Facts: • Aircraft type: Long-range wide-body commercial airliner • Development: It was an improved version of the 747-300, featuring new engines, a two-crew glass cockpit (eliminating the flight engineer), and winglets to improve fuel efficiency. • First customer: Northwest Airlines was the launch customer and received the first delivery in 1989. • Passenger capacity: Typically seated around 416 passengers in a three-class conf

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33K views · 521 reactions | CONCORDE. Il y a 20 ans, le 31 mai 2003, le Concorde effectuait son ultime vol sous les couleurs d'Air France. ⏪ Retour en 1968, lorsque 100 000 curieux se pressaient dans les hangars de Toulouse pour découvrir l'avion supersonique devenu mythique ! | INA | Facebook